Hello everyone. My name is Joe, I'm 28, and from Stockton California. I just have been hanging around the site checking out all the cool creations. To make my intro less boring, I wanted to first have pics of my bikes and post them but haven't got around to doing it. Don't have anything spectacular, just a few old barn bikes. I'm a farmer so I stumbled across a few. Bummer is (3) 26" girl frames- Schwinn Hornet and 2 identical Monarks (not that I'm knockin girl's frames :wink: ). I also came across a rat rod my dad built about 20 years ago- not sure the frame but it had stingray handlebars 50ish springer forks. I ended up trading the forks for a bunch of new bike parts at the flea market, they were rusty and missing a truss rod. But I do remember riding the bike when I was too small for it, it even had my license plate on it [JOE]...Now it's almost too small for me, I'm a 6'4 ogre now... :lol:
Anyway, I post my intro early today because at the flea market, I came across a really odd Schwinn, it was an old straight frame, with the oddest looking sprocket, the guy said it was a two speed?? I'm not a bike expert so let me make this clear, the sprocket looked like it was enclosed and it had a shifter on the handlebar. The guy had no idea how it worked when I asked him if it was a derailer of some sort. Anyway, any of you familiar with this? The fenders also looked a little oddly wider then usual. I was in a hurry but I wish I looked at it a little more. Did Schwinn even make something like this?
Anyway, I post my intro early today because at the flea market, I came across a really odd Schwinn, it was an old straight frame, with the oddest looking sprocket, the guy said it was a two speed?? I'm not a bike expert so let me make this clear, the sprocket looked like it was enclosed and it had a shifter on the handlebar. The guy had no idea how it worked when I asked him if it was a derailer of some sort. Anyway, any of you familiar with this? The fenders also looked a little oddly wider then usual. I was in a hurry but I wish I looked at it a little more. Did Schwinn even make something like this?
